Gawad Kalinga-Coke Barkada Tambayan Inauguration
06/02/2009 18:29
Etc/GMT+8
September 5
It’s time to welcome the youth of Smokey Mountain as we open the doors of the Coke Barkada Tambayan in Gawad-Kalinga Paradise Heights Community, Tondo, Manila. The inauguration of the “tambayan” will be a day full of fun activities which include parlor games, group calisthenics and sports exhibition games. Open to all Coca-Cola employees. Total volunteer hours: 6 including travel time.
Barkada is a group of friends – but not just ''a group of friends''. As with many Filipino words, it is difficult to translate barkada to a single English word - ''clique'' and ''gang'' come close, but do not quite capture the essence of barkada. Clique connotes exclusivity and snobbishness. Gang, in the informal sense, mimics barkada but lacks the lifelong bond that differentiates barkada from a mere social group. The best definition of barkada is probably ''family'', minus the pre-requisite blood relationship. Barkada is the group of peers that one is always comfortable with, knowing that he will be accepted no matter what.
